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What We’re Reading: September 23, 2010 Edition

In the news this week, the American Library Association takes a look banned books, in an effort shine a light on “the harms of censorship.” Also, check out two links on digital history; one on history in the digital age and the other on spatial history. We then look to two sites, from the National Archives and the National Museum of American History, for information on primary documents and artifacts. Finally, read articles on painting and history, 45 years of teaching history, biographies of Washington, history in China, and jobs in historic preservation.

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Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
The American Library Association supports Banned Books Week in an effort to draw “attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.”